10,000 march in North Carolina

Chris Kromm ckromm at mindspring.com
Sun Feb 16 05:57:20 PST 2003


Feb 15: 7,500 (our figure; newspaper said 6,000) descended on the North Carolina capitol. Very diverse crowd. African American churches sent good sized delegations.

Speakers included veterans, N.C. Labor Against the War, a state representative, key African American leaders, people of faith, students/youth, and reps from Latino, Arab-American and Asian-American advocacy organizations. In the background we had a great DJ from the local group Hip Hop Against the War.

A march that stretched throughout the city went by the offices of Senator John Edwards, the Next Clinton, and loudly berated his pro-war, Bush-loving stance. People were VERY pumped up and left ready to act.

Several thousand also assembled for Feb 15 demonstrations in Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington. So all told, well over 10,000 marched in North Carolina. Pretty good for Jesse Helms territory.

Chris Kromm Director, Institute for Southern Studies

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